(The last chapter and this one were kind of written in a rush, sorry. Saria, Impa, and Nabooru are my favorite sages, so, naturally, their chapters will be the best.)

Disclaimer: See chapter 2! (Yup, I forgot it in chapter 1, my bad...)

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Chapter 3: Ruto

"Come here you stupid fish it's not my fault that the shopkeeper is out of fishing line AHA!! Darn!" My bottle was empty. I glared at the fish I was chasing. "Think you're so smart, eh?! I'll get you yet!" I lunged at the fish, bottle first. I came down much too hard, though, and accidently broke the bottle. "Ooh no!"

The Zora at the entrance of the fishing pool chuckled. "Break another bottle, Princess Ruto?"

"Yeah," I answered sheepishly. "Can you clean it up while I get another one?"

"Certainly." The Zora did so while I ran to the shop, and asked for another bottle. I didn't have to pay for it. I never had to pay for anything in the shops. That's because I am Ruto, Princess Ruto to be exact, the daughter of the King Zora and future ruler of Zora's Domain!

It was my job to feed Lord Jabu-Jabu, the giant whale who lived in the fountain near our domain. I didn't know why a member of the royal family had to feed him, but since my mother had passed away just two years ago, feeding Lord Jabu-Jabu had been my responsibility.

Lately, though, Lord Jabu-Jabu had been acting rather odd. Yesterday he even swallowed me along with the fish, though I managed to get out. That was so scary, not to mention gross!! My mother had long ago given me a mysterious medallion and a beautiful sapphire to wear around my neck. I had been afraid that the sapphire would fall off the chain when Lord Jabu-Jabu sucked me up, but it didn't. I couldn't stand to lose one of my mother's treasures.

My mother said that the sapphire and medallion were very valuable, and told me that I should never lose either of them. I must keep them with me at all times. I could only give the sapphire to the man I would marry someday. My mother called the sapphire the "Zora Engagement Stone," though, to everyone else, it was simply the "Zora's Sapphire".

I managed to catch a fish and went to Lord Jabu-Jabu to feed him again. I dropped the fish in front of him. "Here you are," I said, "Your dinner!"

Lord Jabu-Jabu opened his mouth and sucked up the fish and me, too!!

"Argh!" I exclaimed, "That wasn't supposed to happen!" Being inside a whale, was, well Gross. No other way to put it.

I tried to exit the same way I had yesterday, when I realized something

My neck. It felt lighter. Like one of my treasures was gone.

Uh-oh

I looked down, studying my necklaces. The medallion was still there. That's good. But the sapphire it was gone!!

Uh-oh That's not good

It must have come off when Jabu-Jabu swallowed me, meaning it was somewhere in here. I searched and searched, but found nothing.

I had kept a scrap of paper with me, along with a pencil. I wrote a note asking for help, adding that the finder of the note should NOT tell my father I was in trouble. Daddy would worry too much. I sealed the note inside the bottle and Jabu-Jabu expelled it

Soon, someone did indeed some to save me. But he wasn't even a Zora!! He was a Hylian! A Hylian boy dressed in a green tunic who had a little blue fairy with him. He wanted to help me search for the sapphire. At first, I said I didn't need his help. But, soon I came to realize that I did need some help in finding the sapphire, as I was unable to fight off any of the monsters who were inside Jabu-Jabu. This Hylian boy had both a sword and a shield, as well as a few other weapons. Together, we found the sapphire and also escaped from Jabu-Jabu.

The boy actually grew on me His name was Link. He never spoke much, but I soon found him to be a very caring guy. He threw himself into harm's way just for me! Tee hee. I would like a husband like that

Once we were outside of Lord Jabu-Jabu, Link told me that he needed the Zora's Sapphire. It was the last of the stones needed to open the Door of Time, he said. So I gave it to him. But, I told him that by giving it to him, we were betrothed. Link would have to marry me someday! Link didn't look too convinced at this; I'm not even sure he knew what betrothed meant But he accepted it.

After that I DIDN'T SEE HIM FOR SEVEN YEARS! What kind of man keeps his fiancée waiting for seven years?! I'm sure Link didn't mean it; he must have had a reason. But Zora's Domain fell into terrible circumstances soon after he left. The evil Gerudo king, Ganondorf, placed a curse on us for some unknown reason. Zora's Domain froze over. We were all trapped under a thick layer of ice! We could still live normally, but we were unable to get out of the freezing cold water. Many Zoras couldn't handle the cold, and died off

One day, though, a mysterious young Sheikah man (or, at least I thought he was a man at the time) managed to break a hold in the ice, and saved me. Just me, though. He/she told me to go to the Water Temple in Lake Hylia. So I did. I had no idea what I was supposed to do, but soon, I met up with LINK!! After seven long years!! Ooh, he was so handsome I thought I would melt when I saw him again. I love him. I love him so much. I don't think he feels the same way about me, but, oh, I could never have asked for a better husband.

I told him what I knew about the temple, and he promised to find the source of the ice covering Zora's Domain. He told me to stay back, though. It's pretty dangerous. So I waited at the entrance of the temple until he came back.

He defeated the monster. Zora's Domain returned to normal. Link, however told me I was not to return there. Not yet, anyway.

"What do you mean? Why??" I demanded.

"Ruto, do you have any idea what that medallion around your neck means?"

"Uh, no"

"It means you're a Sage. The Sage of Water. We need your help getting Ganondorf out of our world."

Link took me to the Chamber of the Sages, where I gave him the medallion. "Think of it as a token of my love, future husband," I smiled at him. Link blushed.

"Um, you haven't forgotten, have you?" he mumbled.

A little green-haired girl, the Forest Sage, stared at us. "Link? What is she talking about??"

"Nothing, Saria Nevermind"

I couldn't hide a smile. "You no longer have the sapphire, do you?" I asked Link. He shook his head. "Link I'll always love you, but I have a feeling your heart belongs to another. I won't stand in your way. By the way" my smile widened, knowing just what girl he had his sights set on, "I'm sure that Princess Zelda is fine"

Link blushed again, mumbled something, and left. Saria stared at me wide-eyed.

"You and Link were engaged?!" she asked.

"Sort of. A long time ago" I told her the story of how we were trapped in Jabu-Jabu.

"You like Link too?" Saria was blushing a little. "So do I I always have"

The Sage of Fire, Darunia, chuckled. "I have a feeling you two girls aren't the only ones!" he exclaimed.

Saria and I looked at each other with sheepish grins. "Link's a very strong man," I said, "I can't wait until we defeat Ganondorf and everything gets back to normal"

"You won't have to wait long," Rauru, the overweight Sage of Light, assured me. "Link has two more sages to awaken. That's all."

"Just two?" Darunia licked his lips. "Victory's so close, I can almost taste it!"